TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - The “model minority” and their discontent: Examining peer discrimination and harassment of Chinese American immigrant youth JO - New directions for child and adolescent development A1 - Qin, Desiree Baolian A1 - Way, Niobe A1 - Rana, Meenal SP - 27 EP - 42 VL - 2008 IS - 121 N2 - Using an ecological framework, the authors explore the reasons for peer discrimination and harassment reported by many Chinese American youth. They draw on longitudinal data collected on 120 first- and second-generation Chinese American students from two studies conducted in Boston and New York. Our analyses suggested that reasons for these experiences of harassment lay with the beliefs about academic ability, the students' immigrant status and language barriers, within-group conflicts, and their physical appearance that made them different from other ethnic minority or majority students. Implications and future research are also discussed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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